Cosmetic container



p .1. YOUNGHUSBAND 2,256,132

COSMETI C CONTAINER Filed March '7 1941 my device, and Fig. is a top Patented Sept. 16, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CQSME'ZT JZZZTAWER James L. Yonnglmsband, Chicago, Ill.

Application March "I, 1941, Serial No. 382,205 3 Claims. (01. 132-79) My invention relates to a container adapted to hold a desired cosmetic and having a closure cooperating therewith and adapted to hold a complementary cosmetic.

,Modern fashion has established the use by women of both lipstick for the lips andcolored nail polish for the finger nails. It will be noted that the lips are soft and the finger nails hard, thus presenting diflerent kinds of surfaces for the receipt of color. This presents the problem of what shades shall be used and it has been found good taste to use certain similar or con-. trasting shades. Many users are not able to obtain the proper shades in separate purchases, or do not have sufiicient color sense to achieve success.

For some time lipsticks have had definite scents of accepted taste. Often the user also desires to apply perfume to the lobes of the ears or other parts of the body. It is important that this perfume should agree or harmonize with the lipstick scent. Unfavorable combinations or contrasts create unfortunate effects detrimental to the user.

It is among the objects of this invention to provide a container of conventional shape and substantially normal size for holding the lipstick, with a cap so constructed as to hold a finger nail preparation with a known and desired color agreement or contrast. I may also provide my cap so as to hold a perfume of known and desired harmony with the scent of the lipstick in the container. My invention also contemplates such other objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and which are inherently possessed by my invention.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawing a preferred form of my invention, yet I desire it understood that the same is susceptible of modification and change without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. l is an elevational view of my cosmetic container with the inner parts indicated in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is an elevational view, Fig. 3 is a detail view partly in section, Fig. 4 is a disassembled detail view of plan view with the knob removed.

The embodiment selected to illustrate my invention comprises a container ill having therein a cup ll adapted to hold lipstick or the like I2,

use down within the hollow interior of the container.

A cap I slides over the walls ii of the container down to the base 24 and remains by friction grip on the walls I! for closing the container II. The cap it is so formed that it extends above the open top I3 01 the container, providing a chamber l6. Within chamber I 6 is housed a bottle l'l adapted tohold nail polish of desired color for cooperation with the color of the lipstick, or to hold perfume of desired scent to harmonize with the odor of the lipstick in the container i0.

In my preferred form the bottle I! is held within chamber l6 by cement or other suitable adhesive, attaching it to the inner walls of cap and suitable elevating means for raising the cup H. The neck I! of bottle il extends upwardly through opening 20 in the top l8 of cap I4. The neck l9 has screw threads 2| adapted to removably receive screw threads 22 on the hollow interior of knob 23. When knob 23 is attached to neck IS the lower edges of knob 23 contact top i8 surrounding opening 20. Knob 23 therefore acts not only as a closure for bottle II but as a handle for the removal of cap l4.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. -A cosmetic container comprising a body .portion adapted to hold lipstick of a desired color, said body portion having side walls and a base, a removable cap adapted to slide over the side walls oi. the container down to the base, said cap extending above the upper ends of said side walls and providing a chamber therein, said chamber adapted to hold nail polish of a color for harmonizing with the color of the lipstick in the body portion, the top portion of said cap adapted to be opened to permit access to and us of the nail polish in said chamber.

2. A cosmetic container comprising a body portion adapted to hold a scented lipstick of a desired odor, said body portion having side walls and a base, a removable cap adapted to slide over the side walls of the container down to the base, said cap extending above the upper ends of said side walls and providing a chamber therein, a bottle housed in said chamber, said bottle adapted to hold a perfume adapted to harmonize with the scent of the lipstick in the container, the top portion of said cap adapted to be opened to permit access to and use of said perfume in said bottle.

3. A cosmetic container comprising a body portion adapted to hold lipstick of a desired scent, said body portion having side walls and a base, a removable cap adapted to slide over the side Walls of the container down to the base,

V saidcap extending above the upper e'nds'of said side walls and providing a. chamber therein, a-

bottle housed in said chamber, said bottle adapted to hold a perfume adaptedto harmonize withthe scent of the lipstick in the container, the top portion of said cap having an opening, said bottle having a neck extending upwardly lipstick. v

' JAMES L. YOUNGHUSBA'ND. 

